Hunter Program researchers also created bacteria strains that carried pathogenic viruses inside them

"Hunter Program researchers also created bacteria strains that carried pathogenic viruses inside them. These strains would be double trouble: a person who contracted the bacterial disease would likely be treated with an antibiotic, which would stop the infection by disrupting the bacterial cells. This would release the virus, resulting in an outbreak of viral disease. Such a scenario would confuse medical personnel, making treatment very difficult." ..and that was in the late 1960s...

 

 

 

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In early December 2002, the National Security Council learns of a smallpox outbreak in Oklahoma. Twenty cases are confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with 14 more suspected. There are 16 more reported cases in Georgia and Pennsylvania. Federal and state authorities qui...